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Thank you! atmos_data is now complete, I corrected the file destination, which was indeed the problem.

I would also like some help with the results I obtained, the command below represents a cloudy sky mid-latitude (same location).

genssky 12 21 12 -a 53.466 -o 2.2333 -m 0 -n 4 -r 256 -c 1 -f test_hsr.hsr  > ssky.rad

after the octree, I used:

echo 0 0 0 0 0 1 | rtrace -ab 8 -ad 16384 -as 4096 -co+ -cs 20 ssky.oct

If I plot it I have a spectral profile (20 samples) high at the end of the spectrum. This is an overcast sky, so I was expecting a rather uniform profile (higher at shorter wavelengths) and not that high values, as I'm assuming is W/m² perhaps I need to normalize it but not sure against what.

I add the plot with -c 0 just to compare, but resulted in similar profiles.

image description

I'd appreciate any comments, thank you!

-Steph

Thank you! atmos_data is now complete, I corrected the file destination, which was indeed the problem.

I would also like some help with the results I obtained, the command below represents a cloudy sky mid-latitude (same location).

genssky gensky 12 21 12 -a 53.466 -o 2.2333 -m 0 -n 4 -r 256 -c 1 -f --f test_hsr.hsr  > ssky.rad

after the octree, I used:

echo 0 0 0 0 0 1 | rtrace -ab 8 -ad 16384 -as 4096 -co+ -cs 20 ssky.oct
sky.oct

If I plot it I have a spectral profile (20 samples) high at the end of the spectrum. This is an overcast sky, so I was expecting a rather uniform profile (higher at shorter wavelengths) and not that high values, as I'm assuming is W/m² perhaps I need to normalize it but not sure against what.

I add the plot with -c 0 just to compare, but resulted in similar profiles.

image description

I'd appreciate any comments, thank you!

-Steph